Houma police said Officer Corey Duplantis saw Cornelius Carvin walking with a brown paper bag near Hobson and High streets Sunday about 4:40 p.m. with what was suspect as being a crack pipe sticking out of the bag.

The officer seized the bag and instructed Carvin to place his hands on the police car.

According to police, Carvin attempted to hide crack-cocaine in his pants and then tried to ingest the drug while being detained by the officer.

"Officer Duplantis then placed his hand to the back of Mr. Carvin's jaw instructing him to spit out his dentures as Officer Duplantis could see the crack cocaine stuck inside the dentures," the news release from the Houma Police Department said.

Carvin spit out his dentures, which was collected as evidence, police said.

Carvin was arrested on charges of possession of crack-cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia, resisting an officer and obstruction of justice.